Holding device



Minh 23 1926. 1,578,154'

J. A. MGRATH HOLDING DEVICE l Filed Nov. 18, l1925 2 sheets-Sheet 2 n Y Y ,.j l F1961 12 "2 2U ,d .2v 1

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JOSEPH A. MGGRATH, oF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

l HOLDING DEVICE.

Application rfiled. November 18, 1925. Serial No. 69,911.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, Josnrii A. MoGiiATH,

a citizen of the United States, residing at the county of Kings and State have invented certain new and Brooklyn, in of New York, useful Improvements in Holding Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This inventio-n relates to a holding device designed primarily for use in connection with the rear doors of a vehicle, such as a delivery closed body type, but it is to be understood that a holding device, in accordance withthis invention, can be employed in any connection for which it is found ap- Aplicable, and the inventionvhas for its object to provide, inr a manner vas hereinafter set forth, means for detachably securing the doors of the vehicle in open position toA prevent the closing thereof by the wind or the accidental closing thereof when loading the vehicle. Y l

A further object of the invention is to provide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, a holding device for detachably securing the rear doors of a vehicle in open position at an angle of 90 with respect to the vehicle body; I

Further objects of the invention are to provide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, a holding device for the purpose referred to,

.which is simple in its construction and arl durable, compact, thorrangement, strong,

readily installed oughly efficient in its use,

with. respect to thek vehicle, andcompara-- tively inexpensive to manufacture.

Viththe foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists of the novel construction, combination and=arrangement of parts, las hereinafter more specifically described aiid illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein is shown an embodiment of the invention, but it is to be' understood that changes, variations and modifications can be resorted to which come within the scope of the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawings wherein like reference characters denote corresponding part-s throughout the several views z- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of the closed body of a vehicle, showing the adaptation therewith of apair of holding devices,

in accordance with this invention for the` rear doorsof the vehicle, the doors being in opa posten.

'ilgure 2 is a section on line 2:22, Figill 6 and with therear doors closed.

ing the plate Figure 3 is a section Online 3-3,-Fig ure 1.

Figure 4 is akfragmentary view, insectioiial planof the vehicle body showingv the adaptation therewithof a pair of holding devices, in accordance with this invention,

vFigure 5 is a perspective view of the releasing member vof the device'.

Referringtothe drawings in detail, 1 denotes the closed body or top of a vehicle prop 2 forclos r`ing the rear end of the bodyy 1. The doors vided with a pair of rea-r doors 2 are hinged, asiat 3, and swing to open position in opposite directions with respect to each other. Each door 2, at the top thereof, is'4 provided with a plate 4 formed' with an opening 5 and a notch 6,l The plate 4 is of rectangular contour and positioned adjacent the free vertical edge of the door. Holdfast devices 7 are employed for fixedly secur- 4 in proximity to the top' edge of the door. Theplate 4 is termed a coupling member.

Associated with each door is av holding device and as each of said devices is ofthe saine construction but one will be described larranged at the outer end ofthe plate 4. The opening 5 in the plate 4 is arranged rearwardly with respect to the notch 6. The rod 8 is further provided with a yokel shaped inner terminal 11 -which coacts with one of the arms of a yoke-shaped bracket 12 for the purpose of maintaining the door 2 in open position as illustrated in Figure 3. The bracket 12 is termed a combined guide and locking element for the rod 8.

Secured to one of the supporting beams 13 for the roof 14 of the body 1 is a fiat bar 15, formed in its rear edge with a pair of spaced notches 16, 17 and each thereof is associated with a holding device. Abutting against the lbar 15, as wellas secured to the beam 13 is a strip lwhich closes the open ends; ef the notches i6 and i7. Each notch is rectangular in centena Pvtally com the nected`r to the strip 18 and extending across the notches 16 and 17 isr a pair of releasing members and each member associates with a holding device.

Each of said releasing members is indicated generally by the reference character 19 and consists of an L-shaped body portion having the legs thereof indicated at 20, 21. The leg 20 is of greater length than the leg 21 and is pivctally connected at one end, as at 22, to the strip 18. The leg 20, inter: rediate its ends, is formed with an opening 28 and the leg 21 at its free end is provided with a vertically disposed leg 24. The member 19 extends rearwardly and the rod 8, when in holding or locking position with respect to the door 2, is arranged in the path of the lug 24 on the arm 21 of the member 19. See Figure 8. The yoke-shaped bracket 12 is positioned rearwardly with respect tov v a notch 16 and the rod 8 during the opening and closing movement of the door travels between the bracket 12 and the bar 15.

Secured to the lbar 15, in proximity to each end thereof, is a. hanger 25 and each of which forms an element of a holding device. Itevolubly mounted in each hanger 25 is a pulley 26 over which travels a flexible pulling cable 27, which is connected at its upper end to a pull bar 28 attached to a member 19. The bar 28 is extended through 'the opening 23 in the member 19 and bent around the latter, as at 29, whereby said bar 28 is connected to the member 19. The bar 28 is positioned forwardly with respect to the bracket 12 and the hanger 25 is also arranged in such relation with respect to the bracket 12. rlhe lower end of the pulling cable 27 carries a ring 30, to facilitate the operation thereof when it is desired to release the holding or locking rod 8.

It will be assumed that the position of a holding device is as shown in Figure 4, and the door closed. rlhe door is swung outwardly carrying the holding or locking rod 8 therewith, and owing to the curvature of the rod in connection with the hook-shaped terminal 11, the latter will engage one of the arms of the bracket 12, see Figure 3, and maintain the door in open position and disbar 28 therewith which will swine the releasing member 19 in a direction towards one side of the body 1 and as the member 19 moves in such direction the arm 21 thereof will be swung towards the rod 8. As the arm 21 moves towards the rod 8, the lug 24 will engage the rod 8 and shift the terminal portion 11 thereof clear of the arm ofV the bracket 12 and release the rod. 8 so that the door can be swung to the positlon shown in Figure 4.

holding device, in accordance with this invention, can be readily understood, and although the Vpreferred embodiment of the invention is as illustrated and described, yet

it is to be understood that changes in the de.-

tails of construction can be had which will fall within the scope of the invention as claimed.

l/Vhat I claim is A holding device for the purpose set forth, comprising a curved, shiftable holding rod adapted to have its outer end anchored to the element with which the de- It is thought the many advantages of a vice is associated, a yoke-shaped bracket i associated with said rod and having one of its arms engaging in the inner Vterminal of the rod when the latter is shifted outwardly thereby maintaining the rod in extended poc sition for holding said element in set position, a pivoted L-shaped releasing member Y,

positioned when moving in one direction on its pivot to have one of its arms engage said rod to release the same to permit of the rod swinging inwardly from holding position,

thereby releasing said element, and means L connected to said member for shifting it to release said rod.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature hereto.

JOSEPH A.l MCGRATH. 

